The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government what action it had taken against policemen who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook against the bandh observed in Mumbai during Bal Thackeray's funeral in November in 2012. A bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka asked prosecutor Konde-Deshmukh to file by February 12 a reply on action taken by the state government in this...
04:10 PM, Jan 14, 2013
A closure report has been filed in the Palghar Facebook case in which two girls were arrested for posting comments about the bandh imposed after Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. ...
07:16 PM, Dec 18, 2012
The Shiv Sena has called for bandh in Palghar on Wednesday to protest against the action on the policemen in the Facebook arrest case. The Thane Superintendent of Police and Palghar police station Sub-Inspector were suspended on Tuesday for disobeying the orders of superiors while arresting two girls for a Facebook post on Sena chief Bal Thackeray. ...
08:53 AM, Nov 28, 2012
A Facebook post, subsequent arrest and a high level inquiry later, charges have finally been dropped against the 21-year-old. This past week, the girl and her family were attacked, her friend who liked the post was also traumatised, but both stood by their statements. ...
08:00 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Mumbai: The girl behind the Facebook post on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray finally spoke up for herself on Friday, saying that she did not regret what she wrote but added that what followed afterwards should not have happened. She was joined by her father who said that the family received immense support from the media and were thankful to it. "We say we are free, but in many ways,...
07:40 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Mumbai: The Inspector General Konkan Range on Friday submitted his investigation report into the arrest of two Thane girls over a Facebook post criticising a bandh in Mumbai for the funeral of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. In his report, the IG said that the arrest of the girls by the police was unjustified. The probe report also recommended action against the police officials involved in the arrest of the...
07:18 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Mumbai: The police investigation report in connection with the arrest of two girls over a controversial Facebook post on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray is likely to be submitted to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday. The two girls from Palghar were arrested after one of them posted a new status on her Facebook account denouncing the Mumbai shutdown after Thackeray's death and the other 'liked' it. The media...
10:25 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The all too familiar political blame game has begun over the arrest of two girls in Mumbai over a Facebook status update which questioned the shutdown in the city over the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. While the Shiv Sena has blamed the state government for the police action, Union minister Salman Khurshid said the government had no role to play in the episode. "The Government...
07:29 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: The two girls at the centre of the controversy over a Facebook post in which they questioned the Mumbai shutdown after the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray have said that they fear for their lives. The girl who posted the status has now deactivated her Facebook account. The girl who liked the status said that they had apologised for the status only because they feared for their...
12:08 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Mumbai: Nine people have been arrested from Palghar for vandalising the clinic of a man who is the uncle of the girl arrested for an anti-Bal Thackeray Facebook post. It is unclear if those arrested are Shiv Sainiks. They have been booked for rioting and trespass among other charges. Enraged by the post on the social networking website, a mob of Shiv Sainiks had allegedly vandalised a hospital owned by...
09:26 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena's Thane rural chief has defended the police action of arresting two girls for a Facebook post on late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. He has also said any comments against Bal Thackeray will not be tolerated. "Balasaheb Thackeray is our God. We will not tolerate any offensive comments against him. No Shiv Sainik and no Marathi Manoos will remain silent. The police knows who was behind...
08:32 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Mumbai: The police in Maharashtra have come under fire for arresting two girls over a Facebook post on late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told CNN-IBN that the case might have been mishandled by the Maharashtra police and that the government could step in to save the situation. "The Maharashtra police mishandled the law, it's illegal to arrest people like this," Sibal said. He said sending...
07:54 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old girl from Thane for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account. Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested. However, both the girls were later released on bail. The funeral of Bal Thackeray was described by the Mumbai police commissioner as the biggest challenge in the history of the...
09:39 PM, Nov 19, 2012
